A method and system for processing captured image information in an interactive video display system. In one embodiment, a special learning condition of a captured camera image is detected. The captured camera image is compared to a normal background model image and to a second background model image, wherein the second background model is learned at a faster rate than the normal background model. A vision image is generated based on the comparisons. In another embodiment, an object in the captured image information that does not move for a predetermined time period is detected. A burn-in image comprising the object is generated, wherein the burn-in image is operable to allow a vision system of the interactive video display system to classify the object as background.
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1. A method for adapting to changes in captured camera images in an interactive video display system, the method comprising: developing a slow-changing background model and a fast-changing background model, each of the background models based in part on trends in the captured camera images, the models developed at a computing device; detecting a background change in one or more of the captured camera images with respect to the slow-changing background model, the background changed captured by a camera; determining that the background change exceeds a threshold associated with the slow-changing background model, the determination made by the computing device; and generating a vision image using the fast-changing background model as a result of the background change exceeding the threshold, the vision image rendered on a video display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold includes a percentage of the camera image being obscured for a specified period of time.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold includes a specified portion of the pixels in the camera image having a value that exceeds a particular threshold for a particular length of time.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: replacing the slow-changing background model with the fast-changing background model; and developing a new fast-changing background model to replace the old fast-changing background model.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the slow-changing background model is replaced with the fast-changing background model once the background change no longer exceeds the threshold.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a further vision image using the slow-changing background model as a result of the background change no longer exceeding the threshold, the further video image rendered on the video display.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold includes a percentage of the camera image no longer being obscured for a specified period of time.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold includes a specified portion of the pixels in the camera image having a value that no longer exceed a particular threshold for a particular length of time.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold includes a subset of the camera image staying constant for a specified period of time.
10. An interactive display system, the system comprising: a camera configured to capture images; a computing device configured to: developed a slow-changing background model and a fast-changing background model, each of the background models based in part on tends in the images captured from the camera, detect a background change in one or more of the images captured from the camera with respect to the slow-changing background model, and determine that the background change exceeds a threshold associated with the slow-changing background model; and a video display configured to display a vision image generated using the fast-changing background model in response to background change exceeding the threshold.
11. The interactive display system of claim 10 , wherein the threshold includes a percentage of the camera image being obscured for a specified period of time.
12. The interactive display system of claim 10 , wherein the threshold includes a specified portion of the pixels in the camera image having a value that exceeds a particular threshold for a particular length of time.
13. The interactive display system of claim 10 , wherein the computing device is further configured to replace the slow-changing background model with the fast-changing background model; and develop a new fast-changing background model to replace the old fast-changing background model.
14. The interactive display system of claim 13 , wherein the slow-changing background model is replaced with the fast-changing background model once the background change no longer exceeds the threshold.
15. The interactive display system of claim 10 , wherein a further vision image is generated using the slow-changing background model as a result of the background change no longer exceeding the threshold, the further video image rendered on the video display.
16. The interactive display system of claim 15 , wherein the threshold includes a percentage of the camera image no longer being obscured for a specified period of time.
17. The interactive display system of claim 15 , wherein the threshold includes a specified portion of the pixels in the camera image having a value that no longer exceed a particular threshold for a particular length of time.
18. The interactive display system of claim 15 , wherein the threshold includes a subset of the camera image staying constant for a specified period of time.
19. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for adapting to changes in captured camera images, the method comprising: developing a slow-changing background model and a fast-changing background model, each of the background models based in part on trends in the captured camera images; detecting a background change in one or more of the captured camera images with respect to the slow-changing background mode; determining that the background change exceeds a threshold associated with the slow-changing background model; and generating a vision image using the fast-changing background model as a result of the background change exceeding the threshold.
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